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De Los Dientes Para Afuera (What?!)
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Rehearsal, Encouragement, Leadership, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth 11/1/23 Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Rehearsal, Encouragement, Leadership, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth 11/1/23

De Los Dientes Para Afuera (What?!)

I love Costa Rican “dichos” - idioms or sayings that get thrown into almost every conversation.

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Who Are You Chasing?
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Relationships, Staffing, Engagement, Worship Leading, Encouragement, Fear, Leadership, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth 10/18/23 Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Planning, Relationships, Staffing, Engagement, Worship Leading, Encouragement, Fear, Leadership, Pride and Humility, Burnout Dave Helmuth 10/18/23

Who Are You Chasing?

Who Are You Chasing? New pedals?
Bethel’s vibe? Happiness? A bigger worship team?

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How To Un-train Vibrato
Team Building, Relationships, Educator (Faders), Auditions, Women Dave Helmuth 9/6/23 Team Building, Relationships, Educator (Faders), Auditions, Women Dave Helmuth 9/6/23

How To Un-train Vibrato

How do you un-train vibrato from someone’s voice so they can sing as a modern worship team vocalist?

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How To Lead A Healthy Tech Team - Arrival
Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Educator (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Pride and Humility, Projectionist, Burnout Tony Guyer 8/23/23 Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Educator (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Pride and Humility, Projectionist, Burnout Tony Guyer 8/23/23

How To Lead A Healthy Tech Team - Arrival

We continue our series from Audio Coach Tony Guyer. Today we ask “How do I know when I’ve arrived?”

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How To Lead A Healthy Tech Team - Culture
Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Educator (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Pride and Humility, Projectionist, Burnout Tony Guyer 8/16/23 Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Educator (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Pride and Humility, Projectionist, Burnout Tony Guyer 8/16/23

How To Lead A Healthy Tech Team - Culture

We continue our series from Audio Coach Tony Guyer. Today we ask “What Does Your Culture Look Like?”

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How To Lead A Healthy Tech Team - Standards
Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Educator (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Pride and Humility, Projectionist, Burnout Tony Guyer 8/9/23 Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Educator (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Pride and Humility, Projectionist, Burnout Tony Guyer 8/9/23

How To Lead A Healthy Tech Team - Standards

Today, Audio Coach Tony Guyer brings us the first of a three-week series to strengthen your tech team!

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The DS-11 Is Your Passport
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Engagement, Five Faders, Educator (Faders), Leadership, Retreat Dave Helmuth 6/14/23 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Engagement, Five Faders, Educator (Faders), Leadership, Retreat Dave Helmuth 6/14/23

The DS-11 Is Your Passport

I sat around the table with my worship leader friends and asked them this question. “What’s it like when you schedule training for your team?”

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How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: PRODUCER
Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Leadership, Producer (Faders) Dave Helmuth 6/7/23 Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Leadership, Producer (Faders) Dave Helmuth 6/7/23

How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: PRODUCER

The Producer is an Architect that designs excellence and transcendence. They plan to exceed the usual limits and love to have a well-planned service executed with excellence.

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How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: EDUCATOR
Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Educator (Faders), Leadership, Burnout Dave Helmuth 5/31/23 Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Educator (Faders), Leadership, Burnout Dave Helmuth 5/31/23

How To Unstick Your Lowest Fader: EDUCATOR

The Educator is a Mentor that embodies wisdom and capability. They bring out the best in others, helping everyone to be well-equipped.

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The Church Pianist (How To Re-imagine Music For Your Context)
Worship Ministry, Musicians, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Songs, Engagement, Rehearsal, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership Dave Helmuth 5/17/23 Worship Ministry, Musicians, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Songs, Engagement, Rehearsal, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership Dave Helmuth 5/17/23

The Church Pianist (How To Re-imagine Music For Your Context)

My dear friend, George Yellak, allowed me to eavesdrop on a conversation with one of his team members.

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Altars
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Retreat, Burnout Dave Helmuth 3/29/23 Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership, Retreat, Burnout Dave Helmuth 3/29/23

Altars

I found out about a recent conference called “ALTARS.”

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Oblique Strategies
Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Engagement, Leadership Dave Helmuth 3/22/23 Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Engagement, Leadership Dave Helmuth 3/22/23

Oblique Strategies

Have you ever wished you could “teach” your sound team to listen and mix more musically?

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Is It Mandatory?
Worship Ministry, Musicians, Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Rehearsal, Shepherd (Faders) Dave Helmuth 3/8/23 Worship Ministry, Musicians, Team Building, Relationships, Sound Tech, Rehearsal, Shepherd (Faders) Dave Helmuth 3/8/23

Is It Mandatory?

I remember asking my Dad, “Do I have to?” when asked to clean my room or do my homework.

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Uncle Fred’s Coffee Soup
Spiritual Life, Faith, Relationships, Freedom, Coaching Dave Helmuth 2/1/23 Spiritual Life, Faith, Relationships, Freedom, Coaching Dave Helmuth 2/1/23

Uncle Fred’s Coffee Soup

While I was growing up, on many Sunday mornings, my family would eat coffee soup.

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Core Competencies
Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership Dave Helmuth 1/4/23 Spiritual Life, Worship, Worship Ministry, Musicians, Decision-Making, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Five Faders, Artist (Faders), Educator (Faders), Priest (Faders), Producer (Faders), Shepherd (Faders), Leadership Dave Helmuth 1/4/23

Core Competencies

I read a job description for a Director of Music and was struck by the first “Core Competency” required.

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A Blank Canvas Demands Resolution
Spiritual Life, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Scripture Dave Helmuth 12/21/22 Spiritual Life, Decision-Making, Team Building, Faith, Relationships, Scripture Dave Helmuth 12/21/22

A Blank Canvas Demands Resolution

This is not us!

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How To Improve The Quality of Your Services
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Engagement, Leadership, Feedback Dave Helmuth 12/7/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Engagement, Leadership, Feedback Dave Helmuth 12/7/22

How To Improve The Quality of Your Services

A worship leader recently asked me how to improve the quality of their services. That’s easy.

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Fingernail
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Leadership Dave Helmuth 11/23/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Leadership Dave Helmuth 11/23/22

Fingernail

And the fingernail on the ring finger has never been the same.

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Loving Your Team (Even When You Don’t Particularly Like Them)
Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Shepherd (Faders) Dave Helmuth 10/26/22 Spiritual Life, Worship Ministry, Team Building, Relationships, Five Faders, Shepherd (Faders) Dave Helmuth 10/26/22

Loving Your Team (Even When You Don’t Particularly Like Them)

You may be in one of those glorious seasons where you click with everyone on your team. Or…

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Which Is More Important: Rehearsal or Service?
Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Rehearsal Dave Helmuth 10/19/22 Worship Ministry, Team Building, Planning, Relationships, Rehearsal Dave Helmuth 10/19/22

Which Is More Important: Rehearsal or Service?

How many times have you heard, “It’s just rehearsal. They can miss or be late…”?

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